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- Paterson, John (1604?1679), bishop of Ross, was the son of Alexander Paterson, minister of Logie Dunro. He graduated MA from King's College, Aberdeen, in 1624 and was admitted to his first charge as minister of Foveran parish church in Aberdeenshire on 29 November 1632. An apparent supporter of Erastian episcopacy, Paterson refused to sign the national covenant in 1639 and like many of his co-religionists consequently fled Scotland to seek the king's protection. However, by July 1640 he had publicly recanted before the general assembly, was censured, and was restored to his previous incumbency of Foveran. Reconciled to the new regime he took an active role in the deliberations of the church and was a member of the commission of assembly in 1644, 1645, 1648, and 1649. He was appointed by parliament to conduct a visitation of the University of Aberdeen on 27 March 1647 and again on 31 July 1649. On 9 September 1649 Paterson was translated to Ellon, where he remained for the space of ten years before accepting a call, on 16 August 1659, to minister in Aberdeen. He was among the benefactors who contributed to the erection of a new building at King's College, Aberdeen, in 1658.
After the restoration of the monarchy and the re-establishment of episcopacy Paterson was promoted to the bishopric of Ross in January 1662 and received consecration in Holyroodhouse on 7 May that same year. In addition to being a noted poet, his Tandem bona causa triumphat, or, Scotlands late misery bewailed, and the honour ? of this antient kingdom asserted, a sermon preached to parliament in Edinburgh, was published in Edinburgh and London in 1661. His marriage to Elizabeth Ramsay produced six sons and one daughter: John Paterson (1632?1708), later archbishop of Glasgow; George Paterson of Seafield (MA from Marischal College, 1656), commissary; Sir William Paterson (d. 1709) of Granton (MA from Marischal College, 1663), barrister and clerk to the privy council; Thomas Paterson (MA from Marischal College, 1658), regent; Robert Paterson, principal of Marischal College, Aberdeen; James Paterson (MA from Marischal College, 1671); and Isabella Paterson, who married Major Kenneth Mackenzie of Suddie. Paterson died in January 1679, and was buried on the 24th. [Oxford DNB]
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1604 - 1679 (75 years)